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Following are some tasting notes: Spottswoode Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 – A glowing ruby red, this wine opens with an opulent nose of plum, raspberry and violet notes, followed by a concentrated and elegant palate of boysenberry, clove, toffee, and forest floor.
—Liz Thach, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
In the nearly three decades since, the 39-year-old geologist has trekked into dozens of caves around the world: on islands in the Atlantic Ocean, inside glacier mills in the Alps, beneath the forest floor of the Amazon rainforest.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
The forest floor is no longer the forest floor, at least not surrounding many of our homes.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 Oct. 2024
Unfortunately, even though hundreds of seedlings emerge from the shady forest floor beneath the Guam tree every year, most of them die within less than a month due to insufficient sunlight.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined above
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“Forest floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forest%20floor. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
forest floor
noun
: the upper layer of mixed soil and decayed or decaying organic material typical of forested land
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